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"Well now! Thank you for all the gifts!" Maria laughed, spreading her arms wide. Black portals erupted from her shadows, and hundreds of weapons poured out—the same golden armaments once stored in the Heavenly Emperor's treasury, now twisted by her nightmare powers into temporary Nightmare Weapons.
"T-THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! WHY AM I SO POWERLESS?! I AM THE KING OF THIS WORLD! THE EMPEROR OF HEAVEN!"
The Emperor stepped forward. The heavens around him shuddered, coiling into thousands of colossal hands that thundered downward. They battered Maria's army and family aside while straining to crush the towering Pagoda.
Yet Maria swiftly pulled her allies back. They charged again. Her disciples and family carved through his followers, while Lucifer pummeled the Emperor's face and Partner drove her spears into his flesh. Emeraldine relentlessly showered him with hundreds of arrows.
